Flash Cash & Sex By The Bucketload: 12 Myths We All Believed About Adulthood

Thanks to TV shows and movies, we expect to have moved to the city, be living in a hipster apartment with a successful job and have a wide and varied group of friends all by the time we're 20. But in reality, we're living in our parent's house, are still in college studying something we don't even like and the most success you've had in your part-time job is being promoted from busting tables to working the tills in Burger King. Living the life, that's us. Here are 12 lies we've heard from our family, friends, TV and movies about how great adulthood will be. Thanks for nothing you guys...

1) You can buy whatever the hell you want.

Yeah, you could, because now that you're over 18 you can buy drink and smokes but with what money you ask? Is that money tree going to pop its little head up from the soil any time soon? WELL? Is it?

2) You can do whatever you want.

Not really. The law still applies to you when you're an adult. Unfortunately enough for all of you budding mad bastards out there.

3) You'll know what you want to do.

You think that once you hit 18, your Fairy God Mother will pop out of your ass, wave her magic wand and you'll know EXACTLY what you're doing with your life and what you want to achieve, but no. It's all as confusing, if even more so now. Your life is just a disaster so admit that and you'll sleep more easily at night.

4) You can go wherever you want.

Okay, so yeah, we go anywhere we want whenever we want. That though would require money, and that would require a job and a car and personally, I need a nap after contemplating all of this. *Sigh*

5) You'll have a job.

Not happening. They keep telling you, "you need experience" but you're never going to get experience if no one ever fucking hires you. It's a dog eat dog world and I am most definitely the dog in this whole sad, sorry scenario.

6) You'll be successful in previously mentioned "job".

Sure, I just need to obtain this so called 'job', work my way up the career ladder, all the while balancing my social and work life. *Sob*

7) It's easy being an adult.

Living is the hardest thing you'll ever do in your life, especially living life as an adult. Soz.

8) It'll be full of adventure.

Yeah, your Instagram full of your family cat looks full of adventure. Where's all these spontaneous road trips and weekend festivals. Where's all the money? When will my life REALLY begin? I'm getting impatient...

9) You'll have loads of hobbies and be a super interesting being in general.

You have perfected the hobby of Netflix and that's enough.

10) You'll become responsible in the blink of an eye.

You are what you like to call an "irresponsible adult". You're still as much of a child as you were when you were 10. You still want your Mom to call the scary secretary for you and go to the doctors with you. And since when is taking naps bad? Responsibility sucks anyway.

11) You'll "find yourself" soon.

Find yourself? You still panic when you can't find your Mom in a shop and you're expected to know who you are and what you love? HELP.

12) The sex will be great.

Sex? What sex? What even is sex?